Zhang Xun

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Zhang Xun
Premier of the Qing Empire
In office 1 July 1917 - 12 July 1917
Monarch	Puyi
President	Li Yuanhong
Preceded by	Li Jingxi
Succeeded by	Duan Qirui
Personal details
Born	(1854-09-16)16 September 1854
Died	11 September 1923(1923-09-11) (aged 68)

Template:Chinese name Zhang Xun (simplified Chinese: 张勋; traditional Chinese: 張勳; pinyin: Zhāng Xūn; September 16, 1854 - September 11, 1923) was a Qing-loyalist general who attempted to restore the abdicated emperor Puyi in 1917. He supported Yuan Shikai during his time as president.

Zhang served as a military escort for Empress Dowager Cixi during the Boxer Uprising. He fought for the Qing at Nanjing in 1911, then seized Nanjing from the KMT in 1913. Despite allowing his troops to savagely loot the city, Zhang was named a field marshal by Yuan. In 1917 Zhang entered Beijing to restore Puyi along with Kang Youwei but was thwarted by other generals. Zhang then took refuge in the Dutch legation and did not participate in politics again.

Zhang Xun's troops in Xuzhou in 1917.

References

• "Rulers.org".
• Aisin-Gioro Pu, Yi (1964,1987, 2002). 我的前半生 [The First Half of My Life; From Emperor to Citizen: The Autobiography of Aisin-Gioro Pu Yi]. Foreign Languages Press. ISBN 978-7-119-00772-4.